Beginning Android 4 Games Development

A Word on Testing

As we've seen in the previous chapters, there are various differences among devices. Before you publish your application, make sure it runs well on a couple of common devices and different Android versions. Sadly, there's no easy way to do that at this point. We were lucky enough to get a few phones, covering different device classes and generations, for testing. Depending on your budget, though, that might not be an option. You might have to rely on the emulator (but not too much, as it is indeed unreliable) or preferably on a couple of friends to help you out.

Another way to test your application is to put a beta version on the Android Market. You can clearly mark your application as beta in its title so that users know what ...